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A woman and her lover have been arrested for 'abetment to suicide' after her husband allegedly killed the couple's two sons and hanged himself in Surat city, police said on Saturday. The accused were arrested late Friday night on the basis of a suicide note, video messages and entries...
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Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday alleged that the ideological roots of Pakistan's creation lie in BJP and RSS, stating that during India's freedom struggle, the BJP's predecessors were allied with the Muslim League.He was reacting to the Shiv Sena's protest march...
20:28
India on Saturday received the last of its 16 Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft from Spain, marking an important milestone in strengthening its defence capabilities, the Indian Embassy in Spain said. The C-295, a transport aircraft of 5-10 tonne capacity with contemporary technology,...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the BJP-led Maharashtra government of trying to finish Marathi from the state, and labelled Devendra Fadnavis a helpless chief minister for not sacking ministers facing corruption charges. Speaking at his residence 'Matoshree' in...
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Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, acquitted in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, on Saturday alleged that she was tortured by the investigating officers who asked her to name several persons including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first time Thakur has made this...
19:39
Grammy-nominated popstar Akon is set to headline a India tour, bringing his chart-topping hits to fans across Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai.The India Tour 2025, spearheaded by event company White Fox in collaboration with Percept Live, will see the Smack That and Lonely hitmaker perform across...
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IndiGo has imposed a flying ban on the passenger who slapped a co-traveller onboard the Mumbai-Kolkata flight on Friday.The incident occurred on flight 6E138, and after landing, the perpetrator was handed over to the security authorities at the Kolkata airport, a source said on Friday. The...
19:15
A woman has been arrested in Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly duping more than a dozen men after marrying them, a police official said on Saturday. Samira Fatima alias Samrala alias Seema was held from a tea stall in Civil Lines area following a tip off, the Gittikhadan police...
18:38
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devrut is considered a key frontrunner for National Democratic Alliance's candidate for Vice President election.According to sources, Prime Ministe Narendra Modi admires Devrut who hails from Haryana.The election for the post of Vice President will be held on September...
18:14
Choosing a dish at a restaurant or making a gift purchase decision, a growing number of Indians are turning to technology to navigate overthinking, which has become a part of daily life of the people, as per a survey. New age digital tools as conversational AI platform ChatGPT and...
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The Bombay high court has granted three-day temporary bail to an accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case on account of his father's death. Aditya Avinash Sood was granted bail from August 2 to 5 by Justice Ashwin Bhobe on Friday.The case dates back to May 19 last year when a...
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Amid a row over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission has become a puppet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha also accused PM Modi of...
17:35
Two individuals were arrested by the Central Crime Branch for posting obscene messages and issuing rape and death threats to former Mandya MP and actor Ramya, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said on Saturday. The arrests were made based on a complaint filed by Ramya earlier...
17:30
The next time when you walk into Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGAI) in Hyderabad, don't be surprised if you're greeted by a friendly puppy or even get a chance to pet one.The GMR Group, which manages the airport, has introduced a Therapy Dog Program aimed at enhancing the passenger...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Saturday attacked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis amid the ongoing language row and said the latter thinks about how schoolchildren can be taught Hindi but gives no thought on how those coming from outside to work in the state can learn...
16:59
BREAKING: A Special Court in Bengaluru on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment, former MP and suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna in a rape case.The Special Court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat also imposed a total fine of Rs 10 lakh on the accused.The court had on Friday...
16:50
Two nuns from Kerala who were arrested on the charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion were released from Durg Central Jail in Chhattisgarh after a special court granted them bail on Saturday.Catholic nuns Preethy Mary and Vandana Francis were received outside the jail by...
16:43
Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has vacated the official residence of the head of the judiciary in the national capital. Justice Chandrachud, who was the 50th Chief Justice of India, had superannuated from the office on November 8, 2024.Recently, a controversy had arisen over...
16:35
Authorities have suspended this year's annual Amarnath Yatra, just a week before its scheduled conclusion, due to the need for maintenance on the tracks that were damaged by recent heavy rainfall, officials said on Saturday. The yatra, which began on July 3, was scheduled to...
16:32
A special court that acquitted seven persons in the 2008 Malegaon blast case debunked the prosecution's claims that right-wing extremist group Abhinav Bharat had carried out the blast, noting that the government has not banned the organisation as a terror outfit.Special Judge A K Lahoti, in the...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming to have an atom bomb of evidence which would prove that the Election Commission was committing vote theft in Bihar.Addressing a function organised by a media house in the state capital, Singh also likened...
15:53
British families, waiting for the remains of relatives aboard the London-bound Air India 171 plane that crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, are expecting confirmation on DNA matches after high-level India-UK government talks, their legal team has said.Keystone Law, which has been...
15:49
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday flagged Rahul Gandhi's remarks on former Union minister late Arun Jaitley as fake news, and asked the Congress leader to stick to facts instead of rewriting timelines to suit narratives. Addressing Congress' annual legal conclave on Saturday, Rahul...
15:41
A threat message to a man on social media about an attack at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has prompted the police in Maharashtra's Beed district to register a case, an official said on Saturday.According to the police, the complainant, Suraj Gadekar (24), a resident of Shirur Kasar, alleged that he...
15:06
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday claimed that his name was deleted or removed in the draft electoral rolls released by the Election Commission after completion of first phase of Special Intensive Revision.However, the Election Commission has refuted the allegation by...
14:56
A portion of an old and defunct bridge over the Ulai river in Bihar's Jamui district caved in, officials said on Saturday.No fatality or injury was reported in the incident, they said.A part of the small bridge over the river caved in on the outskirts of Jamui on Friday. It was closed for traffic...
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Former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren is currently on ventilator support and in critical condition, sources said on Saturday. He has been admitted to the Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital for over a month, having been hospitalised in the last week of June with a...
14:46
A 16-year-old boy died after being run over by an express train while crossing railway tracks wearing earphones in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at the Ballia Mau railway section in Udaina village on Friday evening. The deceased,...
14:41
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A small drone, suspected to used for wedding photography, was found abandoned inside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said on Saturday. Some Army personnel noticed the drone lying near the supply depot inside the camp at the Bari Brahmana cantonment late on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked opposition over Operation Sindoor and alleged that while the country was celebrating the success of Operation Sindoor, some people in our own country were troubled by it. Congress and its allies are unable to digest the fact that India...
13:59
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burial case in Dharmasthala resumed exhumation on Saturday at the ninth site identified by the complainant, police said.Officials reached the location adjacent to the Nethravathi riverbank along the Ujire-Dharmasthala-Kokkada state...
13:41
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that awarding national film honours to The Kerala Story can only be seen as an endorsement of attempts to misuse movies to spread communal hatred and urged the cultural and film community to oppose such moves unitedly.Vijayan said it was...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he does not want to be a king and is against the very concept of it. He said this while addressing the inaugural of the day-long conclave, Constitutional Challenges: Perspectives and Pathways. As soon as he started his address, the...
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Jharkhand Education Minister Ramdas Soren, who suffered a brain injury after he fell in the bathroom in his residence early on Saturday, was airlifted to a Delhi hospital for better treatment, a senior leader said.Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari said Soren was admitted to a hospital in...
13:19
A Special Court in Bengaluru is likely to announce the quantum of punishment to former MP and suspended Janata Dal-Secular leader Prajwal Revanna in a rape case, at 2:45 PM on Saturday. The special court for MPs/MLAs Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat on Friday had convicted the 34-year-old Prajwal...
13:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his promise to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack through Operation Sindoor was fulfilled with the blessings of Lord Shiva.My heart was filled with sorrow for the 26 people who lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack, Modi said while addressing...
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A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including two nuns from Kerala, arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion, lawyers said.Principal District and Sessions Judge (NIA court) Sirajuddin Qureshi had reserved...
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The famed Amrit Udyan at Rashtrapati Bhavan will open to the public from August 16 to September 14, the President's office said in a statement issued on Saturday. During this period, the Udyan will remain open daily from 10 am to 6 pm, with the last entry allowed at 5:15 pm. It will...
12:38
Posters allegedly sponsored by the Ahmedabad traffic police for a safety campaign have stirred up a controversy, as some of them urged women to stay home to avoid getting raped.The posters, which were pasted in a few localities in Ahmedabad, have invited criticism from the opposition, which...
12:08
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he was overwhelmed with gratitude, pride and humility after being named best actor at the 71st National Film Awards, his first win at the prestigious film honours in a career spanning over three decades. In a video message on Instagram...
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Two tribal organisations in Manipur on Saturday expressed concerns over the arrest of two persons, belonging to the Hmar community, in connection with the killings of six Meitei people in Jiribam district last year, claiming that the accused had no criminal history. These tribal entities...
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A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay reportedly died by suicide early Friday morning after jumping from a hostel building on the campus. According to the Mumbai Police, the incident occurred around 2:30 am. The student, a resident of Delhi, was rushed...
10:55
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said that his party is ready to contest the upcoming Bihar elections independently if seat-sharing talks with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance don't work out. Speaking to reporters at his party's headquarters in Rasra, Ballia...
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A special court in Mumbai in its judgment, acquitting seven persons in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, rejected the claims made by a former Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad official that he had been ordered to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case. Special NIA judge AK Lahoti,...
09:51
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Saturday, and launch and lay the foundation for several development projects worth around Rs 2,200 crore. For my family members in Kashi, tomorrow, August 2, is a very special day. Around 11 in the morning, I...
09:45
The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a 36-year-old accused, who had been absconding for 13 years after killing a man over an unpaid loan, an official said on Saturday. Based on a tip-off, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch nabbed the accused, Chhotu Markat Yadav, a native of Bihar, from...
09:36
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A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The overnight encounter began after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in a forest area at Akhal in the south Kashmir district after receiving...
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Frauds cannot be fully prevented, but it is possible to develop tools that enable early detection, said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Mumbai on Friday, Pandey emphasised that the regulator is making...
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Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist Kalabhavan Navas was found dead in a hotel in Chottanikkara here on Friday evening, the police said.The incident came to light when the staff of the hotel, where Navas (51) was staying for a film shoot, alerted authorities.He was rushed to a nearby...
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) suggested that India may cease purchasing Russian oil, calling it a good step if confirmed, while India has defended its sovereign right to conduct energy policy based on national interest. Earlier on Friday, the ministry of...
08:26
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions reached 19.47 billion in July, up 6 percent from the previous month, marking the continuing popularity of the digital finance platform. The transactions were worth Rs 25.08 trillion, a 4 per cent increase in value. As many as 18.4 billion...
08:16
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key accused involved in the brutal killing of three women and as many children in Manipur's Jiribam last year, officials said on Friday. NIA caught -- Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang of Moinathol village and Dilkhosh Grant of Cachar,...
08:13
US President Donald Trump said on Friday (US local time) that he has ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in 'appropriate regions' in response to statements made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.He said in a post on X, Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former...
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No skeletal remains were found on Friday at two sites in Dharmasthala identified by an anonymous complainant-witness as mass burial sites, police said. A day after skeletal remains were recovered from the sixth of 15 locations marked by the complainant, excavation was carried out under tight...
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The Allahabad high court has allowed the anticipatory bail of religious storytellers Sant Singh Yadav and Mukat Singh Yadav, booked on charges of insulting faith. The two were booked at Bakewar Police Station of Etawah under Section 299 (intent to insult religious beliefs), and Section...
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